New Media Advanced: Sound Art
MART 581E 001, MW 2:20 - 3:35 p.m.
Taught by Byeongwon Ha
Prereqs: MART 380
Students will make creative projects, including games with sound, virtual reality
and art.
Time to play!
Theme Semester is here. Check out more than a dozen events allowing you to explore play through improvisational acting, art and more.
Scavenger Hunt!
The Theme Semester Scavenger Hunt starts Monday, February 6. To be among the first to get the clues, register today!
Play research grant deadline is Feb. 6
Apply for a student research grant. for up to $500 to research something related to play.
Theme Semester Courses
We’ve added new activities to seven courses to help you explore play through the lens of art, history, psychology, French and theatre.
The Psychology of Play and Play Therapy
PSYC 589 (Special Topics)
Taught by Elizabeth Myers
Prereqs: None
Learn about the importance of play and its connection to work, imagination, and emotional
well-being. See what current research has to say about play and conduct two experiments
of your own.
Science and Technology in World History
HIST 108 001-012, MW 8:30 - 9:20 a.m.
Taught by James Risk
Prereqs: None
Explore the development of science and technology and their roles in world civilizations
from antiquity to the present. Students will assume a historical persona to take part
in a re-enactment of a historical event.
History of the Automobile
HIST 394 001, MW 2:20 - 3:35 p.m.
Taught by James Risk
Prereqs: None
Play board games, trivia, and role-playing games while studying how the automobile
developed from an idea to reality, and its effects on culture, economics, the environment,
politics, science and technology, and society.
The French Theatre Experience
FREN 330 001, THE 4:25 - 5:40 p.m.
Taught by Jeff Persels
Prereqs: FREN 209 & FREN 210 or placement test score of F6
Study, rehearse and perform a French-language play to master your French conversation
skills.
Visual and Verbal Interaction
ARTS 345 001, MW 9:40 - 10:55 a.m.
Taught by Marius Valdes
Prereqs: C or better in ARTS 145, ARTS 245 and ARTS 246.
Create new graphics for display on the scoreboard at Stone Stadium, part of an ongoing
effort to explore the play of sports through art and design.
Cognitive Psychology
PSYCH 405 section 001 (B3WEB), MWF 9:40 - 10:30 a.m.
Taught by Melanie Palomares
Prereqs: Must be taken for the Neuroscience major.
Play with neurons and see how the brain reacts to experiments you will conduct to
learn about perception, attention, memory, language and judgment.
Japan Since 1800
HIST 358, 001, TTh, 11:40 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Taught by Na Sil Heo
Prereqs: None
While studying how Japan transformed from a feudal society into a modern, industrial
power, see how play changed with the times.
Other courses related to the theme include:
Topics in Theatre: Modern and Contemporary Women Playwrights
THEA 599 002, TTh 11:40 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Taught by Amy Lehman
Topics in Political Science: Politics and Sports
POLI 391 003, MW 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
Taught by Chase Meyer
Congress and the Presidency
POLI 461 001, MWF 1:10 - 2:00 p.m.
Taught by Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod
Rhetoric and Composition: Horror
ENG 102 C03-C04, TTh 10:05 - 11:20 a.m. and 2:50 - 4:05 p.m.;
English 102-H01, TR 4:25 - 5:20 p.m.
Taught by Gareth Rees-White